tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61993897668117309132024-03-13T19:11:52.196-07:00I Heart School CounselingI (Heart) School Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992281219379605399noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199389766811730913.post-91588557639586067562016-06-01T10:32:00.000-07:002016-06-01T11:51:38.105-07:00It's The Most ... Wonderful Time ... of the Year<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The end of another school year is upon us ... but not before we get through state testing! Parents, teachers, and even students often ask me about tips when getting ready to take the end-of-grade tests in elementary school. I've compiled a list of tips and strategies that you my find helpful. <br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When you are stressed or sleepy try these:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Think of a #sunnythought (like I can handle this, I got this, or I’ll keep trying my best)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Set pencil down, close eyes and silently count to 10</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Visualize doing well on the test and letting your worries float away</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Breathe silently and deeply through the nose. Exhale through the mouth.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Roll shoulders and head to relax.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Stretch arms or flex fingers quietly in your seat</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Watch the clock for 5 seconds and then return to work</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Have a good breakfast on each test day. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Get here in plenty of time so you don’t feel rushed.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Wear comfortable clothes.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Read Everything!</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Don’t give up on test day. Keep going to the end of the test. Questions at the beginning of the test count the same as questions at the end of a test. ONE question can make a difference between passing and not passing. DO NOT LEAVE ANY QUESTION BLANK. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If other students finish before you do, ignore them. Actually students who finish first DO NOT tend to get the best scores. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Look for key words (in math these might be words such as estimate, about, except, best, most and least in the test questions). They will help point you to what your answer needs to be.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Mark through answer choices that are “way off base”. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you get stuck, skip it and come back later.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Work out every problem on the test.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Draw pictures, diagrams or charts to represent the problem.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Read every word in the selection FIRST and then scan for your answer using keywords from the question. Many answers are combinations of information from several paragraphs. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Read the </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">italics </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">TITLE</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> for each selection. They will help tell you the main idea for that particular passage. There are “main idea” questions on the test…usually at least one for each passage! </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Main idea question choices often have one answer that is too broad- a larger subject, one too narrow-a detail, one that is clearly unreasonable and the RIGHT ONE</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">When answering vocabulary questions, do the following:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">a. Re-read the sentences around where the word is used, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">b. Eliminate answers that don’t make sense in the passage, </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">c. Look for word parts in the word that you already know to form a meaning,</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">d. Substitute answer choices until one makes sense.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If you are stuck between 2 answers, do the following:</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Re-read the question to make sure you haven’t missed an important clue word.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: "questrial"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Re- read the sections of the passage where your answer comes from</span></div>
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I (Heart) School Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992281219379605399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199389766811730913.post-39087359490545901352013-11-15T10:58:00.003-08:002013-11-15T10:58:18.912-08:00Crafty Anger Management Chart I'm am so excited to share this new madness strategy chart I created for a kiddo at my school. A "cool-down" kit had too many options and the student ended up tearing up the kit and throwing it at others. To help the student have a little more structure I created a chart, with approved strategies from his teacher, that he can choose from. A couple of the strategies are super desirable, so to ensure the student wasn't getting mad just to avoid work we made a system where once he has used a strategy for the day he should choose a different one later if he is needing it. <br />
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Essentially I created a social story that is hands on. I purchased scrapbook pages and put "When I get Mad I can ..." Then I attached the little clear command hooks on the bottom (I was afraid they would be too heavy and tug on the plastic cover of the page, but that wasn't the case). Then on the hooks there are 5 strategies (visual and written) that the student can choose from. I'm so excited how it turned out :)<br />
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<br />I (Heart) School Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992281219379605399noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199389766811730913.post-71855832681524220502013-09-13T18:34:00.001-07:002013-09-14T18:58:59.298-07:00I Stand Corrected :)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjU9ZbMPVywAKwNoGx8hdfmdSRjRyFxTxJWBMccBFcpY5wyupKMqciROKsEVTmXKW6X-7JHZM12_t0K4tG-qxKMxhfym3gIe7VG57WU7Hph4vTZ5KVg54YqVW062jAvZBIcgkGNZ2-_TI/s640/blogger-image--432758054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjU9ZbMPVywAKwNoGx8hdfmdSRjRyFxTxJWBMccBFcpY5wyupKMqciROKsEVTmXKW6X-7JHZM12_t0K4tG-qxKMxhfym3gIe7VG57WU7Hph4vTZ5KVg54YqVW062jAvZBIcgkGNZ2-_TI/s640/blogger-image--432758054.jpg"></a></div><br></div>Wow! This is so cool. I do an empathy lesson where I have the students literally stand in someone's shoes. This game is going to be more interactive for the class and just as good, if not better, illustration when we are working on empathy. SO EXCITED!!!!!!!!!! Oh ya. And this app is only .99 too!</div>I (Heart) School Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992281219379605399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199389766811730913.post-72704725361105265842013-09-13T18:24:00.001-07:002013-09-13T18:24:37.922-07:00Best. App. Ever!I just found an awesome app. It's for upstanders (my new change this year from bystander). The best part- its a game. I know some of my upstanders will love it. I would love to figure out if I can get it up on the SmartBoard for my upstanders lesson. Kids would love it (and this app was only .99). Woo-hoo. Score Ms. Bruce. <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTGxVShDB6_1fZTuW80kHeAzgTcrcFUOUgo8_bhszCgfvt-X5F0tKvJfbEylK1hNvj1N4JPMEoz_lMPfGVS0jYzKSWUj-Q9hy2pz9O9RO2ETqxbYHPxOEp4YtmGj6enQ_AfTDUokhfGM/s640/blogger-image-904059831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLTGxVShDB6_1fZTuW80kHeAzgTcrcFUOUgo8_bhszCgfvt-X5F0tKvJfbEylK1hNvj1N4JPMEoz_lMPfGVS0jYzKSWUj-Q9hy2pz9O9RO2ETqxbYHPxOEp4YtmGj6enQ_AfTDUokhfGM/s640/blogger-image-904059831.jpg"></a></div>I (Heart) School Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992281219379605399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199389766811730913.post-12783287870804985182013-09-08T15:05:00.001-07:002013-09-08T15:05:58.999-07:00And just like that ... A brand new year!I clearly need a course in blogging so that I don't drop off of the face of the planet when (ahem) testing begins. Incidentally I would like to give props to the state of NC. If you at all turned on your television this summer you probably heard the state of North Carolina mentioned every time they talked about education. Amongst the many things they did wrong, the one thing they finally got right was removing test coordination from School Counselors! Hallelujah! So hopefully I will be better at blogging this year. I am also happy to say that this year I am fully implementing the ASCA National Model at my school. Our district doesn't require it, so of course my first two years I was just trying to hold my head above water (while still implementing parts). This year it's on! I can't wait to report back to you. Hope you're having a great start to your year!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIeGURj-owVdp223fe3FtRZmGSGrFZR9JuLTkrjs4XNOCO8vR68vpEPPvW21OQnM-fOzXmH8xIeD6UVWn7zRy8JMg4geqLiyYOor4TyHSkC847-XC3ETsK_a1RiVVhixPZQNz7I3H1UY/s640/blogger-image--1390250456.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnIeGURj-owVdp223fe3FtRZmGSGrFZR9JuLTkrjs4XNOCO8vR68vpEPPvW21OQnM-fOzXmH8xIeD6UVWn7zRy8JMg4geqLiyYOor4TyHSkC847-XC3ETsK_a1RiVVhixPZQNz7I3H1UY/s640/blogger-image--1390250456.jpg"></a></div>I (Heart) School Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992281219379605399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199389766811730913.post-16807502625244483922013-02-16T19:53:00.000-08:002013-02-16T19:53:17.164-08:00Try 3 Then Me<div style="text-align: center;">
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I (Heart) School Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992281219379605399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199389766811730913.post-36936699454317751532013-02-16T19:32:00.000-08:002013-02-16T19:32:06.258-08:00Finally ... Made Some Calming Jars<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've decided to be a bit quicker about making my counseling crafts when I discover them. It started with these calming jars. I started with one, got a little glitter happy, and ended up with three. It turns out if you add a ton of glitter to one, it might just be too much :) So a little back and forth, some hot water, and voila! Can't wait to bring these to school on Tuesday (yay President's Day).<br />
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<br />I (Heart) School Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992281219379605399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199389766811730913.post-76445395314547670842013-02-16T18:38:00.001-08:002013-02-16T18:38:12.852-08:00The School Counselor's Chronicle: Bloglovin!Check this out! Very Cool! <br />
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<a href="http://www.schcounselorschronicle.com/2013/01/bloglovin.html?spref=bl">The School Counselor's Chronicle: Bloglovin!</a>: My bookmark toolbar is so over crowded its become quite the chore to click through all the blogs I read looking for updates. This predicamen...I (Heart) School Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992281219379605399noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199389766811730913.post-4047046236876842402013-02-04T18:05:00.001-08:002013-02-04T18:05:33.525-08:00Another Great Idea from Awesome School Counselors<a href="http://coltscounseling.blogspot.com/2013/02/national-school-counseling-week-link.html?spref=bl">Coral Canyon Elementary School Counseling: National School Counseling Week Link Party</a>: The first week in February has been declared National School Counseling Week and it's a great opportunity for School Counselors everywher...I (Heart) School Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992281219379605399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199389766811730913.post-26603749927013221092013-02-04T16:50:00.002-08:002013-02-04T16:50:57.261-08:00National School Counseling Week Link Party!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Woo-Hoo! I'm so excited that it is National School Counseling Week. My single favorite week of the year. Here at I (Heart) School Counseling I love to advocate for our profession. There are so many wonderful school counselors out there I can't think of a greater profession to give props to :)<br />
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This year, my second year as a professional school counselor, I am continuing my efforts last year by going on the morning news every day (hopefully not over the top) and reading a version of the wonderful words put forth by the American School Counseling Association. (If you're interested get them <a href="http://www.schoolcounselor.org/content.asp?pl=325&sl=127&contentid=271" target="_blank">here</a> down at the bottom of the page). In addition, I want our staff to know just how much I value them and they make my counseling program possible. And, since it is the month of love, I'm going to make a version of this super cool idea I found on Pinterest. Check it out <a href="http://www.thecreativesalad.com/2012/01/13/melted-crayon-hearts-tutorial/" target="_blank">here</a>! I haven't come up with my notecard idea to put them on, but it will most definitely have to do with love.<br />
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A shout-out to <a href="http://jyjoynercounselor.blogspot.com/2013/02/national-school-counseling-week-link.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Jyjoynercounselor+%28jyjoynercounselor%29" target="_blank">jyj counselor</a> for reposting Danielle aka schcounselor.com for this amazing idea.<br />
<br />I (Heart) School Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992281219379605399noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199389766811730913.post-39393203910914118402012-11-14T14:58:00.001-08:002012-11-14T15:02:34.855-08:00WOW! This is exciting!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KnDcaokj4ayQfChAVPPksaEHH5IQs1PkJHFvgx9bAe_DuONdFUpFJWGc4BIGhHwI6vHBPSMAeF49PhSktWy35CTLk97HP0Wz3fcg8hf5MN8uPpfTPbl1PQlEpcsoqK30z73J5H4b50Y/s1600/top_resource_for_counselors.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9KnDcaokj4ayQfChAVPPksaEHH5IQs1PkJHFvgx9bAe_DuONdFUpFJWGc4BIGhHwI6vHBPSMAeF49PhSktWy35CTLk97HP0Wz3fcg8hf5MN8uPpfTPbl1PQlEpcsoqK30z73J5H4b50Y/s1600/top_resource_for_counselors.png" /></a>The intent of this blog was to compile cool ideas and links to great resources! Somehow I made it a list of amazing counseling sites/blogs (the description is slightly off, but the publicity is nice). Such an honor, especially since I am quite new to blogging (and counseling too)! Just wanted to send out a BIG thanks to anyone who has viewed this blog!!! Check it out ... there are 100 sites on this link and so many are amazing!!!!<br />
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Hi all, and welcome back to school :) This year I am trying lots of firsts. First blog ... check. First year where I know all of the students ... check. First year where I truly embrace the leadership role in the school now that I have created a firm foundation for myself and my comprehensive counseling program ... check. Along with this I decided this year that I was going to be directly involved with creating and continuing the positive school climate with our staff. How did I do this? I found a cute idea and decided to join with our social worker to let our staff know just how much we appreciate them and how we love to collaborate! After our meet the teacher event tonight we placed them in front of every staffers door. If you're on a budget (which I always am) we split the costs of the hand soaps. And if you have a Big Lots around ... they're only a buck each (and look like the ones from Bath & Body Works)!
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As we spend our last few weeks recouping, rejuvenating, and re-energizing ourselves for the upcoming school year I like to think about how to best explain to stakeholders what the role of the elementary school counselor is. AND, to best do that I always refer first to ASCA. Here's a nice link with helpful information (and even videos to show parents). Enjoy!
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My favorite thus far are Tattle Monsters from Giggles Galore<br />
<a href="http://gigglesgalorenmore.blogspot.com/2011/08/tattle-monster.html" target="_blank"> http://gigglesgalorenmore.blogspot.com/2011/08/tattle-monster.html</a>.<br />
So happy I stumbled upon this one! Here's a screen capture of one of these cute guys created by Mariah, the creator of Giggles Galore. She also gives step-by-step instructions on how to make "him."<br />
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know the teachers at my school are going to love this go-to box after
we do a tattle lesson. For their sake, I think I'll do it much earlier
this year than last. I can't wait!<br />
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Happy Pinteresting!
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I have begun to make some time (during this relaxing summer) to reassess my first year as a school counselor and the program I created. Luckily I had the freedom to recreate the program that was already at my school. The former counselor became the assistant principal, which for some could have been intimidating, but she was very honest about me being able to do whatever I wanted. I digress. The point is, as I have been thinking about what worked and what didn't, I have have checked out all of your blogs, and then found myself finding idea after idea on .... Pinterest! Genius Idea! So, if you're like me and you're either new or new to technology Pinterest can be a lifesaver!<br />
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Summers for many school counselors (like teachers) is a time to rejuvenate and do some self-care before the school year starts up again. While doing so you may be tempted to take a look at your SC program and make some additions, changes, tweaks, etc. WELL, have I found the site to rival all sites. <a href="http://www.elementaryschoolcounseling.org/">http://www.elementaryschoolcounseling.org</a> Marissa, the creator of this site, has a resource page that will blow your mind. So if you're like me, and just can't stay completely away from counseling during the summer, check out her site ... it is well worth it :)<br />
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<br />I wish I was at this year's conference. One cool thing I just found out was that <a href="http://www.schoolcounselor.org/" target="_blank">ASCA</a> has an app for the conference this year. Apparently I missed this last when they did the same in Seattle. You can also just go to <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="http://m.core-apps.com/asca2012" style="color: #2a86c8; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Verdana, 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 16px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://m.core-apps.com/asca2012</a> to view the app. It has all of the sessions (including handouts)!!!!!! If I can't be there this might be the next best thing!</span></b><br />I (Heart) School Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992281219379605399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199389766811730913.post-91143362143420778992012-06-12T10:56:00.000-07:002012-06-12T11:04:41.006-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I just stumbled upon a fab blog, The Teacher's Lounge. There is a great post about classroom management, <a href="http://blog.reallygoodstuff.com/?p=9179">http://blog.reallygoodstuff.com/?p=9179</a>, something I'm always trying to improve. Check it out, they offer some great tips.I (Heart) School Counselinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17992281219379605399noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199389766811730913.post-890049132314887682012-06-10T20:57:00.002-07:002012-06-10T21:01:04.115-07:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Balloon Stress Balls<br />
LOVE this idea from <a href="http://pre-schoolplay.blogspot.com/2011/07/stress-ball-balloons.html">http://pre-schoolplay.blogspot.com/2011/07/stress-ball-balloons.html</a>! I think my kids will love making these home-made stress balls (and my wallet will too)! Can't wait to try these out.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6199389766811730913.post-69436004115376509332012-06-10T19:41:00.004-07:002012-06-10T21:09:49.842-07:00As part of my summer plans I thought I would begin a school counseling blog. After repeatedly hearing in grad school "don't reinvent the wheel" I decided not to. Instead I seek out great ideas that are already out there and then tweak them to make them my own. My blog will highlight great ideas and the people that came up with them. Happy Counseling!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2